The ninth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide will look to turn the tables on the eighth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners when they meet Friday in the first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff. Oklahoma earned a 23-21 win in the Nov.

Of the four teams hosting games in the first round of this College Football Playoff, only one opened as a betting underdog: the Oklahoma Sooners, who on Friday night host an Alabama team they already defeated this season. The Sooners are well aware of that.

Our Alabama vs. Oklahoma props for Friday, December 19 expect Ty Simpson to lean on Josh Cuevas in the passing game against a stout Sooners defense.

Eight teams take the field this weekend for the first round of the 2025-26 College Football Playoff on Friday and Saturday. Some of the biggest programs in the nation, such as Alabama, Oklahoma, and Miami are in action during the opening round,

The Sooners and Crimson Tide meet tonight in the College Football Playoff with rosters that seem to be built from different criteria.

Alabama was scrapping for the final playoff spot in 2023 when it was a four-team field. The same was true in 2024 and 2025 when the bracket expanded to 12. The world’s changed a lot in the last two seasons. Nobody reading this deep into a column needs to be told that.

Oklahoma and Alabama are familiar with each other, as they're about to face off for the third time in just over a calendar year. Venables' defense has given Kalen DeBoer fits, though, and Oklahoma's first-ever CFP game at home is the difference in the low-scoring affair.

On the hot seat after a losing season, the OU head coach returned to playcalling. The move created a vintage Sooners D.

Conservative activists and politicians have rallied around a college student who received a zero on an essay. Some grad students said they’re worried about what happens next.

The Crimson Tide and the Sooners will square off at 7 p.m. CST Friday at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, in a CFP first-round game.